Born Memphis, Tennessee, June 17, 1941.

• Louisiana State University, B.S., 1964
• Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1971

• legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi; admitted to Louisiana Bar, 1971.

• Instructor in Business Law, Louisiana State University, CPCU, Part IV, 1974
• Baton Rouge Bar Association:
  • Chairman, Rules Committee, Baton Rouge City Court, 1975 - 1976
  • Liaison Committee, Nineteenth Judicial District Court, 1977
• Louisiana Bar Association:
  • Commissioner on Judicial Ethics appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1989
• American Bar Association:
  • Products Liability Committee, 1978 - 1979
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel:
  • Board of Directors, 1982 - 1984
• International Association of Defense Counsel:
  • Casualty Insurance Committee, 1980 - 1981
• Faculty Member of The Trial Academy, University of Colorado, 1986
• Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (D.R.I.):
  • State Chairman, 1980 - 1982
  • Regional Vice President, 1983 - 1986
  • Board of Directors, 1986 - 1989
  • Board of Directors 1996 - 1998
• Recipient D.R.I. Scroll of Merit Award, 1981 and 1982, Member D.R.I. Arbitration Committee; D.R.I. Service Award 1998; National Nominating Committee, 2000
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys:
  • Board of Directors, 1989 - 1992
  • Vice President, 1994-1995
  • President Elect, 1995 - 1996
  • President, 1996 - 1997
  • Southwest Membership Chairman 1985 - 1994
  • State Chairman, 1984 - 1999
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel:
  • Membership Committee, 1997 - Present
• American Board of Trial Advocates - Louisiana Chapter:
  • Member 1998 - Present
  • Vice President, 2001-2002
  • President 2002 - 2003
  • Faculty Member “Masters in Trial”, (2000; Secretary/Treasurer 2000-2001)
• Baton Rouge Claims Association Member 1971 to Present;
• Speaker Baton Rouge Claims Association 1984;
• Speaker Louisiana Claims Association 1991

• President of the Woodland Ridge Civic Association, 1977
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Sherwood Forest Country Club, 1977 - 1979
• President of the Sherwood Forest Country Club, 1979 - 1980.

• Author of The Importance of the Adjuster's Role in the Litigation Process, Excess and Surplus Lines Claims Association periodical, Declarations, Winter, 1996.

• O'Neal Walsh and Associates law firm featured as top small defense firm in the south in "Lawyers Weekly USA" November 3, 1997 edition.

A.V. rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers,” worked in all levels of State and Federal Courts defending insurers, manufacturers, transportation companies, contractors, architects & engineers, CPAs, self insureds, retailers, chemical producers, agents and celebrities.

Defended injuries to persons and property under comprehensive general liability, commercial and personal automobile policies, asbestos claims, environmental injuries, bad faith and coverage issues, extra contractual issues, arson, surety, products liability, automobile, trucks, buses, premises liability, work place sexual harassment and wrongful discharge, sexual molestation, and punitive damages. Defended numerous environmental Class Action cases.